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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Cooking Up Some Books

Following a rather cynical comment I recently appended to Councillor Green's Eastcliff Matters blog, to the effect that all the books for our new, rebuilt, super-duper library here in Ramsgate had already been bought, Jane Bex, Customer Services Development Librarian at Margate Library Thanet Gateway Plus writes:

I thought I'd answer your comment on the Eastcliff Matters website about book suggestions for Ramsgate Library. As at any KCC Library you are welcome to make suggestions of books you would like Ramsgate Library to buy. Simply fill out a 'You Choose' card available from any Library. Most suggestions are bought if in print.

Necessarily we have already bought a large number of the books which will go to Ramsgate as we need something on the shelves when we open! But this will not mean that we will not continue to buy books. We continually weed old and tatty stock and replenish with new books in all our libraries.

Thanks for putting the record straight, Jane. And in the light of past and recent events here on the Ile de Thanet here's my suggestion.

A COUNCIL desk will be includedinside Ramsgate library whenbuilding work is complete.Thanet council will set up a desk in thebuilding to deal with enquiries which will beopen longer than the library itself.The move has echoes of the ThanetGateway Plus scheme which meant theusual front desk in the council offices wasshut and reopened in Margate library nearby– albeit with what the council says areimproved and increased services.AccessibilityA council spokeswoman confirmed thedesk will be installed, but could not detailwhat services it would provide.She said: “Thanet District Council is planningto have a desk which will deal with councilenquiries. The finer details of which serviceswill be delivered have not been agreed yet.“It’s necessary to have a desk in there toimprove accessibility for our customers andit will have longer opening hours.”Much of Ramsgate library was destroyedby fire in 2004 and the rebuild is ongoing.The plan has prompted criticism fromsome in Ramsgate.Michael Child is the owner of Michael’sBookshop in Ramsgate and a user of libraryservices.He said: “I reckon the last thing anyonewants in a library is anything that is a distractionfrom the libraries purpose.“It’s an arts and leisure facility and TDCoperating from within it is the equivalent toKCC operating from within the TurnerContemporary or HMG from the Britishlibrary. The council have forgotten that it isus, not they, that fund the library service.“I have been assured by the library staffthere will only one TDC enquiry desk staffedby one person. To my mind this is one deskand one person too many.”He added: “I’ve been in Margate librarysince the Gateway scheme opened and it’sruined it completely.”Cllr David Green said: “If the disaster atMargate library is a taste of things to come,the last thing I want is a TDC desk in there.”

Among the many complaints about the new library in Margate is that it's impossible to find a seat. If you want to browse through a book due to the number of benefit claimants waiting to be seen there are no spare seats. Apparently the younger library staff like the fact it's busy and lively but many of the customers have decamped to other, more peaceful branches.

Overheard in Thanet

Is your hot chocolate gluten free?Man at kioskJust wait til I get hold of yer, yer cunt. Yer fuckin' door won't save yer!Man on phone in streetThere were dead bodies everywhere at my fuckin' birfday do. No, seriously, my missus had to give one bloke CPR!Man on phone in streetYer can't smoke in a petrol station can yer? Fuck it, I'm gonna light up anyway. If I blow meself up I'm gonna charge you compensation!Woman to staff member at petrol stationWhat happened to all those Socialist Workers eh? They joined the bloody Labour Party, that's what!Man to woman in WaitroseSo I grabbed the fuckin' potato peeler and stabbed the cunt.Man sitting outside barTwitter? That's the bit between a bird's twat and her shitter, isn't it?Man on trainYou know the medicine they give us was invented by the Germans in WW2 for their troops, so they could be shot?Man on streetYeah, well, he's a fucking bald headed cunt.Man at Margate football matchYou better choose your sweets, inch yer! I'm not a bleedin' psychic, inn I?Woman to small childI like haring but I don't like it when the dog just bites into it an' it fuckin' screams and then you 'ave to go an' chop it.Man in restaurantI'm a registered businessman!Man on phone in streetI luv 'im, even though 'e raped me an' bit me. 'Cos 'e respecks me.Woman talking to man in streetChild to baboon in animal park: 'Ello!Mother: Don't talk, MatthewChild: Why?Mother: 'Cos it's an animal.

If you come on and start having a go at Margate, it immediately puts everyone's shackles up.

Man talking about the warm-up act at the Alexei Sayle gig at the Theatre Royal, Margate'We are not expecting widespread flooding; however precautions have been deployed and we are doing our upmost to ensure all areas are secure and protected.'Thanet Council press release

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